Journal article
Symptom profiles and explanatory models of first‐episode psychosis in African‐, Caribbean‐ and European‐origin groups in Ontario
Abstract
AIM: To assess variability in symptom presentation and explanatory models of psychosis for people from different ethnic groups.
METHODS: Clients with first-episode psychosis (n = 171) who identified as black African, black Caribbean or white European were recruited from early intervention programmes in Toronto and Hamilton. We compared results by ethnic group for symptom profiles and explanatory models of illness.
Authors
Maraj A; Anderson KK; Flora N; Ferrari M; Archie S; McKenzie KJ; Team AP
Journal
Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 165–170
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2017
DOI
10.1111/eip.12272
ISSN
1751-7885